End-gate for wagons.



'No. 674,320.' Patented May l4, ism. r. sesame. END GATE FOR WAGUNSI- lication filed Feb. 7, 1901.)

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, I. F. SEBRING. END GATE FOR WAGONS.

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IRA F. SEBRING, OF ROSSVILLE, KANSAS.

END-GATE F OR WAGONS.

SPEGLFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 674,320, dated May 14, 1901. Application filed February 7, 1901. Serial No. 46,386. (No model-J To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,- IRA F. SEBRING, acitizen of the United States, residing at Rossville, in the county of Shawnee and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful End- Gate for -Wagons, of which the following is a specification. v

My invention is an improved end-gate for wagons; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved end-gate which is adapted to be used as a shovelingboard on which to stand when shoveling material, suchas ear-corn or the like, into or out of a wagon and which is provided with downwardly and outwardly opening hinged wings, which when the endgate is lowered may be opened to facilitate the unloading of the wagon.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of an end-gate embodying my improvements, showing the same closed on the end of a wagon-bed. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same, showing the end-gate in a vertical position and the hinged wings thereof open. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same, showing the end-gate lowered to nearly a horizontal position and the hinged wings therein closed, the end-gate being disposed for use as a shoveling-board. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a modified form of my invention. Fig. 5 is a sectional view ofthe same. Figs. 6 and 7 are detail views of the stops which coact with the locking-bar to secure the wings in closed position.

The end-gate l is provided with a pair of outwardly-opening wings 2, which are hinged to the side portions 3 of the gate, as at 4. One of the wings 2 has a bar 5, which is bolted or otherwise secured thereto, and said bar extends across the outer side of the other wing when the wings are closed and engages a staple or eye 6 on one side of the gate, the said bar being preferably provided also with a hook or other similar device 7 for engaging said staple or eye and thereby locking the bar and the wings in a closedposition.

The side portions 3 of the gate are connected together on their upper and lower sides by metallic straps 8, which are preferably made of angle-iron and against which the wings 2 hear when the latter are closed. The ends 9 of the gate, which overlap and bear against the sides of the wagon-bed, which is indicated at a, are here shown as provided with rabbets 10 in their lower outer corners, which rabbets engage the projecting ends I) of the usual cross-bar c on the underside of the Wagon-bed, at the rear end thereof. The said rabbets and the projecting ends of the said cross-bar serve to attach the end-gate to the wagon-bed and adapting the end-gate to be disposed in a vertical position across the rear end of the wagon-bed or to be lowered to a substantially horizontal position for the discharge of the contents of the wagon or for use as a shoveling-board. Furthermore, this construction adapts the end-board to be readily detached from the wagon-bed. Theendgate may, however, be hinged or otherwise suitably connected to the wagon-bed, and I do not limit myself in this particular.

Hooks 11 are pivotally connected to the side portions 3 of the gate, as at 12, and each of the said hooks is provided with a hinge-joint 13 at a suit-able distance from its pivotal end. The said hooks pass'throug'h and are adapted to engage eye 14: on the sides of the wagonbed at a suitable distance in advance of the points at which said hooks are connected to the side portions 3, and said hooks, when the end-gate is lowered to substantially a horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 3, by engagement with the eyes 14, serve to support the end-gate, as will be understood. When the end-gate is closed to a vertical position across the rear end of the wagon-bed, the short inner sections of the hooks pass through the said eyes 14:, and the longer outer sections of said hooks are engaged with eyes 15, with which the sides of the end-gate are provided, thereby securing the end-gate in a closed position, as shown in Fig. 1.

It will be understood from the foregoing that the end-gate may be either partially opened by opening one or both of its wings 2 in order to discharge a load from the wagonbed while the end-gate remains in a vertical position across the rear end of the wagon-bed or the said wings may be opened and swung down from the gate when the latter is lowered and a load is being discharged from the wagonbed, and it will be furthermore understood that the end-gate when lowered and su pported, as shown in Fig. 3, may be used as a shoveling-board.

In the modified form of my invention shown in Fig. 4 the metallic straps 8, which connect the side portions 3 of the gate, are provided, respectively, with stops 8 8. The hinged wing :3 has a cleat or batten board 2", which when the wings are closed bears against the outer side of the wing 2 and overlaps the joint between the two wings. A locking-bar 5 is disposed on the outer side of the said battenboard and is pivoted thereto, as by a bolt 5 The lower end of the said locking-bar is ad apted to engage the stop 8. The upper end of said locking-bar is provided with a springhandle 5, which is guided in a keeper 16. \Vhen the lockingbar is turned to its vertical locking position, said spring-handle engages with the stops 8* at the same time that the lower end of said locking-bar engages the stop 8, and hence the wings are effectually locked when closed. By manually tripping the springhandle to thereby disengage the locking-bar from the stops 8 said locking-bar maybe readily and instantlydisengaged from the stop 8, hence releasing the wings and permitting them to be opened, as will be understood.

Having thus described my invention, I clai n1- 1. The combination with a wagon-bed, of an end-gate pivotally supported atits lower side, and thereby adapted to be swung downwardly to open the end of the wagon-bed and raised to close the same, said gate having a pair of outwardlyopening wings hinged thereto at their sides, substantially as described.

22. The combination with a wagon-bed of an end-gate thereon adapted to be raised and lowered to close and open the rear end thereof, said end-gate having outwardly-opening hinged wings and means to support said endgate when adjusted, substantially as described.

3. A wagon end-gate comprising the side portions 3, bars 8 connecting said side portions together at their upper and lower sides, ontwardly-opening wings 2 hinged to the said side portions 3 and means to secure said wings when closed, in combination with a wagonbed to which the end -gate is attached and jointed hooks attached to said end-gate and adapted to engage eyes with which the wagonbed is provided, said hooks supporting and securing said end-gate, for the purpose set forth, substantially as described.

at. .An end gate pivotally mounted at its lower side and adapted to be lowered to form a shoveling-board, and raised, to close the rear end of a wagon bed, said gate having hinged Wings adapted to open in opposite di rections and nieans to lock said wings together and to the said end-gate, when said wings are closed, substantially as described.

5. An end-gate pivotally mounted at its lower side and adapted to be lowered to forma shoveling-board, and raised, to close the rear end of a wagon-bed, said gate having hinged wings adapted to open in opposite directions, said end-gate having stops, and a locking-bar mounted on one of said wings and adapted to engage said stops, substan tially as described.

6. An end-gate pivotally mounted at its lower side and adapted to be lowered to form a shoveling-board, and raised, to close the rear end of a wagon'bed, said gate having hinged wings adapted to open in opposite directions, said end-gate having stops, on its upper and lower side, a locking-bar pivotally mounted on one of said wings and adapted to engage the lower stop, said locking-bar having a spring detent or catch, adapted to engage the upper stop, as said locking-bar is turned into engagement with the lower stop, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

I. F. SEBRING.

\Vitnesses:

J. E. TAYLOR, BERT PARKS. 

